Hot answers tagged activation
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Yes.
Few years ago, Google Apps services were separate from normal Google services. Even cookies were different & compatible to each other. From last year, all Google Apps accounts are normal Google account (You'll have to sign out from normal Google account if you want to sign in with Google Apps account in a web browser).
And, it supports Android ...
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You need to do a factory reset via Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset (this may be under a different menu on newer versions of Android.) Factory reset formats your device, erasing all 3rd-party installed apps and their settings. It also dis-associates your accounts (Google, or any others you may have added) from the device, removing ...
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Do it after, just in case. Rooting shouldn't affect this process, but you never know. If it fails to activate you'll need to bring it in presumably, and if they see it's rooted they won't honor your warranty.
Installing a custom ROM can definitely screw this up, though, so I wouldn't do that. The comments on my answer to this question have some insight ...
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Since you're rooted, you might be able to bypass activation permanently by killing the Phone dialer app. This involves removing (or renaming) Phone.apk. I can at least confirm that this works on a Droid 1. Definitely make sure you have a backup made prior to editing your system this way.
You can rename Phone.apk with an app like Root Explorer, or with the ...
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from Droid Forums To bypass activation:
Reboot the phone, when the green android shows
Tap top left
Tap top right
Tap bottom right
Tap bottom left
Must be done every time you power on the phone
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There's a very useful way to bypass the activation on this model of phone.
When you're presented with the activation screen (the little Android), press the following corners of the screen in this order:
Top Left
Top Right
Bottom Right
Bottom Left
You now have the option to completely bypass activation.
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There shouldn't be any problems using WiFi without having an active account on your og Droid. There's a pretty good discussion of this same question on the thread "repurpose old android phone".
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Since last year Google Apps accounts are full class citizens. Starting with Eclair android supports more than one Google accounts and since the Market 3.0 update of market all android apps treat all Google accounts on your phone the same way.
Take note however that it is not possible to transfer your Google wallet history and purchases. So if a year from ...
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